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Collecting family stories: Students will interview relatives and compose a family story on the computer. This lesson was completed in conjunction with two other lesson plans (art and media) using the same theme but could be used alone. Student work from all three lessons was compiled in a student portfolio.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); By Amy Honeycutt, Chris Furry, and Diana Hicks.

Beachfront dune: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 12; Figure 11 shows a close up view of the largest beachfront dune in Figure 10 (the steep fronted one in the left background of that photograph). In this close-up view you can see that this dune is already starting to be restored by sand collecting at its base....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Watching the weather: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.5; In this lesson for grade seven, students discuss the work that meteorologists do and brainstorm ways to collect data about the weather without using instruments. Students collect weather data over a two-week period.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.

Reloading a net north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Two men stand in a boat on a beach collecting a net. The boat is a few feet from the waves rolling in to the beach. The men are collecting a net into a boat that they will then row out into deeper water and cast. After a short time, several people will pull...; Format: image/photograph

Am I a square?: Students should discover how their height is related to their arm span. They will learn how to do spatial and visual estimation, use measuring tools, recognize factional parts of an inch, gather data, and organize and create a graph based on their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Priscilla Hege.

At the American Legion booth for collecting scrap paper. Chillicothe, Missouri.: Format: image/photograph

Geometry and art: Art museum visit: This lesson is the second in a three-part unit integrating math, writing and visual arts. In this lesson students apply their knowledge of geometry by sorting, classifying and counting plane geometric figures during a visit to the art museum to look at and compare twentieth- century paintings. Students then collect data and share what they observe.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); By Loretta Hopper.

Collecting and organizing data: In this lesson students will learn to collect data and organize the data into a chart using computer technology.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Rochelle Mullis.

Books we've read: This lesson plan creates a classroom database collecting information on books that students have read over a period of time determined by the teacher and/or students. By sorting and filtering, students evaluate the data and can later create other products from their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Information Skills); By Mary Rizzo.

Phases of the moon: Young children may have the idea that the moon actually changes shape. This lesson explains that this apparent change is a result of the moon's revolution around the earth.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science); By Jacquelyn Arthur.

Ordinals concentration: Ordinals Concentration is a matching game that provides practice and review identifying ordinal numbers to ten.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)

Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society Depot Museum: Students can learn about their Columbus County's history through artifacts and other exhibits at the Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society Depot Museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Chinqua-Penn Plantation: A virtual tour including panoramas, slideshows, and images of this historic mansion located in Reidsville, North Carolina named for the mini chestnut tree, chinquapin and its original owners, the Penns.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Rocks and Minerals: Teach your students to be rock hounds with these wonderful rock and mineral resources.; Format: bibliography/help

Graphs galore: This lesson will allow students to conduct surveys from a selected number of people. Then the students will be able to use this data to create various kinds of graphs. After completion of the graphs, they will analyze their data and then draw conclusions from this data.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Alta Allen.

Introduction to community helpers: This is a introductory lesson to a unit on community helpers. It will begin to help students to identify different types of community helpers and the jobs they perform.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies); By Jerrye Ficklin.

A dicey stem and leaf plot: After being introduced to a stem and leaf plot, students will be able to create their own stem and leaf plots.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Debbie Newton.

Hula hoop sorting: Students will use two large hula hoops to form a Venn Diagram. Then, using various colored paper shapes, they will recognize, and identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, trapezoids, and parallelograms.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics); By Diane Jackson.

Discovering Pi: This lesson introduces students to Pi through the discovery method of instruction. Students practice simple measuring skills to discover the relationship between the circumference and diameter of circular objects (Pi).They will be able to use this concept to find the circumference of any circle when the diameter is given.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Betty Shell.

Raisins, Raisins, Raisins: This lesson involves students in collecting data,organizing data into a line plot, discussing statistics, calculating mean, medain and mode and consumer awareness.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Melanie Simmons.

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